A quick glance around the corner of 43rd Street and Upton Ave South might dishearten the average Linden Hills resident. With Linden Hills Florist, Bayers Hardware, and the former hairdresser that once sat between the two all missing, and with Linden Hills Yarn slated to move to different digs, it might seem like the entire commercial village is falling apart.
While some stores' business has declined since the Linden Hills Co-Op departed for the corner of 44th Street and France Ave, the neighborhood is still attractive to retailers. Owl Optical joined the neighborhood in late 2012. The landlords behind the various vacant and soon-to-be-vacated spaces have told Patch in recent days that they all have several potential tennants lined up.
One of the first to move in will be Honeyshine, a home furninshings and gifts boutique currently based in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood. It will replace Linden Hills Yarn & Textile in early May. The yarn store will be decamping to St. Louis Park.
That name should be familiar to readers of Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine and Minnesota Monthly—the shop won a "best of" award from the latter publication last year, and has been featured in both several times in its scant two years of existence.
In an announcement posted on its website, Honeyshine's co-owners Adam Braun and Daisey Mitchell described the store as "a combination of modern, vintage, contemporary and quirky items pulled together with a fresh, but lived-in vibe."
“We are inspired by curating a collection of interesting things from smaller, emerging designers,” Braun wrote.
“We find old and new things we love and combine them — if our collection feels boring, predictable or redundant, we start over,” Mitchell added.
The store also offers room design and styling services.
What don’t you do a serious article on what is going on in Linden Hills? Linden Hills keeps adding new businesses and they are booming. You are making Linden Hills look bad, and it is easy for you to find out all the new businesses coming to Linden Hills. Linden Hills may have lost Bayer’s Hardware store, but Linden Hills added Settergren's Ace Hardware and they are driving business at a rate that bayers never could come close to. They are doing more than ten times the business. Everyone knows that the Linden Hills Florist retail space will now be Zumbro Café, they are expanding their restaurant next door. They are already remodeling. Everyone knows that the Bayer’s Hardware store retail space will now be Restaurant. They are already remodeling. Everyone knows that the “former hairdresser that once sat between the two” store retail space will now be Clothing store. They are already remodeling. When Linden Hills Co-Op departed for the corner of 44th Street and France Ave, Settergren's Ace Hardware moved in and business has been booming. And the recently added to Linden Hills restaurant “ Tilia “business has been booming, and they have a great national reputation. Recent new businesses to Linden Hills “ The Harriet Brasserie “ restaurant and “ Naviya's Thai Brasserie “ restaurant are both doing great. Above is just a partial list. Sorry to any new businesses I didn’t mention.
And when looks at all the remodels, which were noted and commented on your site in an article called: Linden Hills Dunn Bros. Remodels, Adds Menu Items by James Sanna January 30, 2013. Linden Hills is thriving. “ Linden Hills Dunn Bros. Remodels, Adds Menu Items “ “ Congratulations Clancey's Meats & Seafood shop in Linden Hills, Minneapolis Minnesota near West 43rd Street and Upton. Your recent remodeling project looks great. You always have highest quality products and the best service. Thanks for all you do for the community! ” Come on James Sanna you are a better reporter than this. Do a serious article with detail about all the good things going on in Linden Hills.